summer speech #6

A few days after we returned from vacation, SJ was back at speech therapy.  His therapist reviewed some of the old homework assignments that he had difficulty with.  

On the choosing correct definitions, she reviewed slam and link.  He was able to correctly identify that slam is to shut forcefully independently.  He needed prompting on link.  With prompting, he was able to say that link is one of the loops on a chain.

She also reviewed synonyms.  Of the eight she reviewed, five he got on his own, one he got with a prompt and he couldn't answer two.  Those two were tidy and courage.  

The last homework she went over was one on adverbs.  She reviewed six adverbs.  He correctly chose two (wearily and surely), two with prompts (then and there) and two he still didn't know (thoroughly and rarely).  

She also reviewed the homework sheet we had done together.  It was on identifying descriptors that go together.  There were 21 sentences where he had complete each sentence by identifying an adjective or adverb associated with the word in bold.  He had a lot of trouble with this activity.  Of the 21, he needed assistance with 7.  This is an example of one where I assisted him.  

The car alarm is loud and ________.

He needed to tell me annoying.  Five of the sentences, he gave me an answer that wasn't quite right.  Here is one of those sentences.  

Stuffed animals are so cute and ______.

He answered this sentence with soft, but he should have said cuddly.  It was close, but not exactly right.  The last eight he just didn't know what he was supposed to answer.  Here is an example of one of those sentences.  

Alan's hands always feel cold and ____.

He should have said clammy.  During his session, his therapist reviewed a few of the ones that he had difficulty with.  She explained to him that in the sentence "It's best to follow a straight and narrow path." it means to "do the right thing".  We will have to continue to work on those sayings.  

She told me that SJ told her all about our vacation.  After he told her 10 or so things, she reminded him that it is always good to ask the person you are talking to questions too.  He then asked her, "Have you ever been to Myrtle Beach?"  She was very happy that he was able to ask her something appropriate to the conversation they were having.  Small steps, but we will take it.